676 The feast of the fowls.

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Ezekiel's viken. then shall he fet up a fign by it, till the my fpirit upon the house of Ifrael, faith buriers have buried it in the valley of the Lord Gov.

Hamongog.

CHAP. XL.

16 And alfo the name of the city hall 1 The time, manner, and end of Ezekiela be Hamonah. Thus fhall they cleanfe vifion. 6 The defcription of the temple. IN the five and twentieth year of our

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17 ¶ And thou fon of man, thus faith captivity, in the beginning of the year, the Lord GOD, Speak unto every feather- in the tenth day of the month, in the ed fowl, and to every beaft of the field, fourteenth year after that the city was Affemble yourselves, and come; gather fmitten, in the self-fame day the hand of yourselves on every fide to my facrifice the LORD was upon me, and brought me that I do facrifice for you, even a great thither. facrifice upon the mountains of Ifrael, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

18 Ye fhall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 And ye fhall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my facrifice which I have facrificed for you. 20 Thus fhall ye be filled at my table with horfes and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, faith the Lord GOD.

21 And I will fet my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen hall fee my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

22 So the house of Ifrael fhall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

2 In the vifions of God brought he me into the land of Ifrael, and fet me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the fouth.

3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man whole appearance was like the appearance of brafs, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he flood in the gate.

4 And the man faid unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and fet thine heart upon all that I fhall hew thee; for to the intent that I might fhew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou feeft to the houfe of Ifrael.

5 And behold a wall on the outfide of the houfe round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of fix cubits long by the cubit, and an hand breadth; fo he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

23 And the heathen fhall know that the houfe of Ifrael went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trefpalf- 6 Then came he unto the gate which ed against me, therefore hid I my face looketh toward the east, and went up the from them, and gave them into the hand ftairs thereof, and measured the threibold of their enemies: fo fell they all by the of the gate, which was one reed broad; fword. and the other threshold of the gate,which was one reed broad.

24 According to their uncleannefs and according to their tranfgreflions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

25 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole houfe of Ifrael, and will be jealous for my holy name;

26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trefpaffes whereby they have trefpaffed againft me, when they dwelt fafely in their land, and none made them afraid.

27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am fanctified in them in the fight of many nations;

28 Then fhall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caufed them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out!

7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and bes tween the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

8 He measured alfo the porch of the gate within, one reed.

9 Then meafured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the poits thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward, were three on this fide, and three on that fide; they three were of one measure and the poft had one meafure on this fide and on that fide.

11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

12 The space alfo before the little chambers was one cubit on this fide, and the fpace was one cubit on that fide: and the little chambers were fix cubits on this tide, and fix cubits on that fide.

15 Ile measured then the gate from the

Ezekiel's defcription

Chap. xl. roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the poft of the court round about the gate.

15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate, were fifty cubits.

16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their pofts within the gate round about, and fikewife to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each poft .were palm trees.

17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

18 And the pavement by the fide of the gates, over against the length of the gates, was the lower pavement.

19 Then he meafured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he meafured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.

21 And the little chambers thereofwere three on this fide and three on that fide; and the polts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereot was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

22 And their windows and their arches and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the eaft; and they went up unto it by feven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the caft; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

24 After that he brought me toward the fouth, and, behold, a gate toward the fouth: and he measured the pofts thereof and the arches thereof according to thefe ineafures.

25 And there were windows in it,and in the arches thereof round about, like thofe windows the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 26 And there avere leven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them and it had palm trees, one on this fide, and another on that fide, upon the posts thereof.

27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the fouth; and he measured from gate to gate toward the fouth an bundred cubits.

of the temple. 677 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the fouth gate: and he measured the fonth gate according to these measures :

29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these meafures; and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon the pofts thereof: and the going up to it bad eight fteps.

32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the eaft: and he measured the gate according to thefe meatures.

33 And the little chambers thereof, and the pofts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these meafures and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cabits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

54 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the pofts thereof, on this fide, and on that fide: and the going up to it bad eight steps.

35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured is according to these measures;

86 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

37 And the poits thereof were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this fide, and on that fide; and the going up to it bad eight steps.

38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the pofts of the gates, where they wathed the burnt offering.

39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this fide, and two tables on that fide, to flay thereon the burnt offering, and the fin offering, and the treipafs offering.

40 And at the fide without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate. were two tables and on the other fide, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.

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41 Four tables were on this fide, and four tables on that fide, by the fide of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their facrifices.

42 And the four tables were of hewa tone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon alfo they laid the intruments where

678 The parts, chambers, and

EZEKIEL. ornaments of the temple.

with they flew the burnt offering and the facrifice.

43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, faftened round about and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. 44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the fingers in the inner court, which was at the fide of the north gate; and their profpect was toward the fouth one at the fide of the eaft gate baving the profpect toward the north.

45 And he faid unto me, This chamber, whole profpect is toward the fouth is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

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46 And the chamber whofe profpect is toward the north, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar thefe are the fons of Zadok among the fons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minifter unto him.

47 So he measured the court an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and meatured each poft of the porch, five cubits on this fide, and five cubits on that fide: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this fide; and three cubits on that fide.

49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and be brought me by the fteps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this fide, and another on that fide.

81 faw alfo the height of the house round about: the foundations of the fide chambers were a full reed of fix great cubits.

9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the fide chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the fide chambers that were within.

10 And between the chambers was the widenefs of twenty cubits round about the house on every fide.

11 And the doors of the fide chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the fouth and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

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12 Now the building that was before the feparate place at the end toward the weft was feventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about,and the length thereof ninety cubits.

18 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the feparate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;

14 Alfo the breadth of the face of the houfe, and of the feparate place toward the eaft, an hundred cubits.

CHAP. XLI. The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple. AFTERWARD he brought me to the 15 And he meafured the length of the temple, and measured the pofts, fix cu-building over against the separate place bits broad on the one fide, and fix cubits which was behind it, and the galleries broad on the other fide, which was the thereof on the one fide and on the other breadth of the tabernacle. fide, an hundred cubits, with the inner 2 And the breadth of the door was ten temple, and the porches of the court; cubits; and the fides of the door were 16 The door pofts, and the narrow five cubits on the one fide, and five cu-windows, and the galleries round about bits on the other fide: and he meafured the length thereof, forty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits.

8 Then went he inward, and measured the poft of the door, two cubits; and the door, fix cubits; and the breadth of the door, feven cubits.

So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he faid unto me, This is the most holy place.

5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every fide chamber, four cubits round bout the house on every fide.

on their three ftories, over against the door, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.

18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, fo that a palm tree war between a cherub and a cherub and every cherub had two faces;

19 So that the face of a man was toa-ward the palm tree on the one fide, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other fide; it was inade through all the house round about. 20 From the ground unto above the

6 And the fide chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was

door

The priefs' chambers.

Chap. xlii. xliii.

The use of them. 679 door were cherubims and palm trees 9 And from under these chambers was made, and on the wall of the temple. the entry on the east fide, as one goeth 21 The pofts of the temple were into them from the outer court. fquared, and the face of the fanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appear-ness of the wall of the court toward the ance of the other. eaft, over against the feparate place, and over against the building.

22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood and he faid unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.

23 And the temple and the fanctuary had two doors.

10 The chambers were in the thick

11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12 And according to the doors of the

24 And the doors had two leaves a-chambers that were toward the fouth piece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.

25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls, and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one fide and on the other fide, on the fides of the porch, and upon the fide chainbers of the house, and thick planks.

CHAP. XLII.

was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the eaff, as one entereth into them.

13 Then faid he unto me, The north chambers and the fouth chambers, which are before the feparate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD fhall eat the moft holy things: there fhall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the fin offering, and the trespass offering for the place is holy.

14 When the priests enter therein, then fhall they not go out of the holy place into 1 The priests' chambers. 13 The use thereof. the outer court, but there they shall lay 15 The outward court meajured. their garments wherein they minifter; for THEN he brought me forth into the they are holy and fhall put on other outer court, the way toward the north garments, and fhall approach to thoje and he brought me into the chamber things which are for the people. that was over against the feparate place, 15 Now when he had made an end of and which was before the building to-meafuring the inner houfe, he brought ward the north. me forth toward the gate whofe prof2 Before the length of an hundred cu-pect is toward the eaft, and measured it bits was the north door, and the breadth round about. was fifty cubits.

3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three ftories.

4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

16 He measured the eaft fide with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

17 He measured the north fide, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

18 He measured the fouth fide, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. 19 He turned about to the weft fide and meafured five hundred reeds with

5 Now the upper chambers were fhort-the meaturing reed. er: for the galleries were higher than thefe, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

6 For they were in three ftories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemoft from the ground.

7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the outer Court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.

20 He measured it by the four fides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a feparation between the fanctuary and the profane place.

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CHAP. XLIII.

The returning of the glory of God into the temple. The fin of Ifrael bindered God's prefence.

AFTERWARD he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh to ward the eaft:

8 For the length of the chambers that 2 And, behold the glory of the God of were in the outer court was fifty cubits: Ifrael came from the way of the eaft: and and, lo, before the temple were an hun-his voice was like a noife of many wadred cubits. ters: and the earth shined with his glory.

680 The return of God's glory.

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Ordinances of the altar.

16 And the altar ball be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, fquare in the four fquares thereof.

3 And it was according to the appear- and from the altar and upward shall be ance of the vifion which I faw, even ac- four horns. cording to the vifion that I faw when I came to deftroy the city and the vifions were like the vifion that I faw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the houfe by the way of the gate whofe profpect is toward the east.

5 So the fpirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house,

6 And 1 heard bim fpeaking unto me out of the houfe; and the man flood by me. 7¶And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the foles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Ifrael for ever, and my holy name, thall the houfe of Ifrael no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcatles of their kings in their high places.

17 And the fettle shall be fourteen cubis long and fourteen broad in the four fquares thereof; and the border about it Ball be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof bali be a cubit about; and his ftairs shall look toward the east."

18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus faith the Lord Goo, Thefe are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they thall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to fprinkle blood thereon.

19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the feed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minifter unto me, faith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a fin offering.

20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the fettle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanfe and purge it.

21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of

In their fetting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their pofts by my pofts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have com-the fin offering, and he shall burn it in mitted: wherefore I have confumed them the appointed place of the house, without in mine anger. the fanctuary.

9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcaffes of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midft of them for ever.

10 Thou fon of man, fhew the houfe to the houfe of Ifrael, that they may be afhamed of their iniquities; and let them neafure the pattern.

11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, thew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write is in their fight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

12 This is the law of the houfe; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about fall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

22 And on the fecond day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a fin offering; and they shall cleanfe the altar, as they did cleante with the bullock.

23 When thou haft made an end of cleaning ", thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall caft salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a fin offering; they shall alto prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

26 Seven days shall they purge the al tar and purify it; and they shall confecrate themselves.

CHAP. XLIV.

27 And when thefe days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and 13 And these are the meafures of the fo forward, the priests shall make your altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cu- burnt offerings upon the altar, and your bit and an hand breadth: even the bot-peace offerings; and I will accept you, tom ball be a cubit, and the breadth a faith the Lord GOD. cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about ball be a fpan: and this ball be the higher place of the altar. 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower fettle ball be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the leffer fettle even to the greater fettle ball be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

15 So the altar fhall be four cubits;

1 The eaft gate affigned only to the prince. 9 Idolaters incapable of the prief's offire. 17 Ordinances for the priests.

THEN he brought ine back the way of the gate of the outward fanctuary which looketh toward the eaft; and it was shut.

Then faid the LORD unto me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and